by ColinAuthor | Jun 30, 2017 | 1st Lt FT Gillespie, Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard, Major Ray Elledge Jnr, Normandy Trips, Pvt Gerald Willen
Day 9 – Wednesday 7th June A walk around Estry This morning we spent time looking around the village of Estry. Taking photographs of the locations of damaged and destroyed Churchill tanks following the battle to liberate the village. Colin needed these in...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Day 07 – Thursday 2nd June Chasing down John Harder (part 2) After breakfast, we went back to the Mairie in Évron to see the Livre d’Or & John Harder’s signature for ourselves . It was great being able to see a piece of “real history” that I had a direct...
by ColinAuthor | Jun 20, 2017 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Day 06 – Wednesday 1st June Chasing John Harder Today would have a focus on tracing John Harder’s return visit to Normandy in the 1970s. On his return he was presented with a medallion by the mayor of Évron This is the main town nearest to where he parachuted...
by ColinAuthor | May 2, 2016 | Battlefield Tours, Major Ray Elledge Jnr
A surprise for Martha So our last day with Martha & Sam started off bright & early with a filling traditionally French breakfast. Leaving Tony & Jill enjoying the sunshine, we headed off to Barrie’s & the Shed. What Martha didn’t know was...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 22, 2015 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Tilly, M. Filoche and Jublains Another hot day dawned. We had seen a weather forecast for this week before leaving England that had been bad. So, we had been exceptionally lucky to have had, largely, sunny hot days. However, the heat might make the journey to see M....
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